Create-a-Character Discussion - Castle Grayskullman and more - now with gallery!

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After almost one year and over 1,300 entries, we have a winner of our Masters of the Universe® Create a Character Contest!

During the Mattypalooza fan panel at SDCC it was revealed that “Castle Grayskullman,” created by Daniel Benedict, was chosen as the top entry and will be made into an actual figure available this fall as part of the 30th Anniversary line.

The contest gave fans the opportunity to create a new MOTUC character based on bucks from existing 6” figures. It was the perfect chance for them to let their creativity shine.

The panel of eight judges included members of Mattel’s marketing, entertainment, packaging, and design departments. They evaluated each entry, looking for concepts that had an original name and look, used approximately 50% shared parts, were easily translated into a toy, and fit into the world of MOTU. Daniel’s “Castle Grayskullman” wowed the judges, cleverly incorporating details from the vintage Castle Grayskull® Playset.

The big announcement was made during the SDCC fan panel, where new art created specifically for Daniel’s concept was also revealed. In addition, Daniel will receive a 2013 Club Eternia® subscription, and he will be interviewed for an article right here on MattyCollector.com. Best of all, he’ll have lifelong bragging rights as creator of a new MOTUC character!

In addition to the winning entry, five runner-ups were also announced during the SDCC fan panel, and each of them will also receive a 2013 club subscription.

We congratulate Daniel and the runner-ups, and thank everyone who submitted for an incredible turnout!

–Matty

P.S. Per the contest’s Official Rules and entry form, all entries remain the sole property of Mattel and may not be used or posted by anyone else (including any entrant), in any way, for any purpose.

It's pretty cool, very nice detailed and I like it as a spirit of Grayskull with the jawbridge crossed swords as weapons. COOL. My only lame is that none of its parts cannot be shared with other major characters which still require tooling.....

I really like the design and look of that character. His name is blah but he is full of awesome details. He would make a good army builder for guards for the Sorceress and Grayskull. He is my second favorite of the 30th thus far and he is only less cool than Draego Man since he lacks wings.

Really? That's what won? Congrats to the winner, but come on. While I was not expecting to win since I had to rush my drawings, I was at least hoping they would have picked a female character as the winner. We already have enough sausage in MOTU.

Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.

Thanks for use of spoiler tags all. Please keep that up until the actual panel. Whoever runs the Matty site sure makes it hard to keep these things a secret!! But for now let's try to keep the surprise going... for the person who won if nothing else.

That being said -
I like it! It's not as good as any of mine were. (This is a joke.) But seriously, it's a lot of fun. I think it's a pretty clever concept.

I'm a little confused about the... hair? Is that hair? It's kind of hard to tell. But I like the face, the details.. the crest from the door. The name... not so much. I will be naming him something else. I wonder what the bio is? The Castle come to life because of a spell momentarily? Some sort of stone guardian the Castle creates to protect itself? I actually think buying several might be neat if the latter is true.